Genetic change that helps tumors move to other parts of the body identified
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Cancer biologists have identified a genetic change that makes lung tumors more likely to spread to other parts of the body. The findings offer new insight into how lung cancers metastasize and could help identify drug targets to combat metastatic tumors, which account for 90 percent of cancer deaths.